Lastly, we talk a lot about the technologies that can protect your security and privacy. One of our favorites is also VPNs. Εργαλεία πολύ εύκολα στη χρήση που κρατούν την κυκλοφορία σας κρυπτογραφημένη. Ωστόσο, καμία από αυτές τις services που υπόσχονται προστασία δεν θα σας προστατεύσει αν εσείς είστε απρόσεκτοι.
TorrentFreak published the story of Phillip Danks, a movie pirate who was sentenced to 33 months in prison last month. The reason; He had gone to a movie theater, filmed a movie on cam, and then uploaded it to Internet for his "friends" to download. He thought he was covered as he used one VPN. But the problem was the pseudonym he was using. He used to use the same name all over the internet, it was something like a brand name for him.
It's something that a lot of people do. They use an alias, and Danks was no exception. His online name in the scene of torrents he was TheCod3r, and as you can see below, his name was also in the title of the torrent he uploaded.
Let's recall the obvious. Aliases are used to cover a real name.
However, what many in the file-sharing scene do is forget that they shouldn't use their nicknames on a website.σελίδα associated with their "normal" life.
Danks or TheCod3r not only used his nickname in the name of the torrent "Fast And Furious 6 2013 720p x264-CAM TheCod3r", but also in a dating profile on Plenty of Fish. His profile included a lot of personal data such as where he lives, but also his real name. Of course, the same profile was linked to a Facebook page, where there were also his personal photos.
The moral lesson of history? VPNs, proxies, encryption, and security in general are not needed if the other is stupid. The hero of history does not even need a lawyer!
facepalm idd!